Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Brilliant Break Down


stop

STOP


S-T-O-P



S T O P
S T O P.





okgo

I only bring this up because I hear about it all the time
But when I dropped
out of school I reeled for a long time
I reacted negatively to the regimentation of courses
violently, even



The fine line between genius and insanity is paper thin
smart thinking and crazy thinking can be related

if ideas are like thread and sanity is a needle
um
insanity is probably the
other knitting needle
and progress is a scarf of some kind


Complicating matters, simple ideas in the hands of complex creatures:
--reciprocity in relationships
the
Steeplechase
Confuscianist sacrifice doctrines--
unsettling at best
when taken on a empty stomach
less than thirty minutes before jumping into the pool
of thought
in the
Playboy Mansion Grotto

where revered rears revealed
evil made benefit through unshaken transgressions of leisure
taken not once taken
on an empty stomach
deep unsettling wounds settling
tenderly within
Washington or Kampala

when you leave the country and hear sounds
you
didn't know humans could make
or smell scents you can't believe because they are entirely different
smells
like terrorists barging into a pastry shop and the glass shattering under your table
like the blood-stained ocean surf lapping at your toes as you duck explosions taking cover,
taking

taking

taken
on an empty stomach lined with irritant acids
that long to break down something
and something will inevitably break down

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